And now goggles? WTF?

"Need to run to WalMart, with mask on (mandatory), so I can buy some goggles to wear around town. I will need them when I go rouge once again, and we have our grandson over tonight and tomorrow."

Goggles. Now it will be goggles as well as a mask. Says who? Says our own Wizard of Oz - Dr. Fauci. Why? This very tiny virus can enter out body through our eyes (so says he), so we not only need a mask to keep our snot in, but goggles to keep the virus out. Will this madness ever end???

Plus - we are now jumping from mandatory masks in Minnesota, to a school plan which will be so complicated, you will need a math degree to figure it out. But enough of that for now. I don't want to step on today's 2 pm presser.

One of my social media friends, who is not really that political, had an interesting point. The death rate in Minnesota (he is a native), needs to be explored more. With 1,600 people dying to date, compared to our state's population, that is 1/3 of one percent fatality rate from COVID. His point was simply this - we shut this place down, threw thousands out of work, for a fatality rate of 1/3 of one percent. Plus - most of those deaths have been in long term care facilities.

For example, yesterday, nine people died from COVID - 19 in Minnesota (so we were told). Of those 9 deaths, 7 happened in long term care facilities. One of the nine, who did not die in a long term care facility, was in the 70 - 100 age group. The other one was in the 50 - 59 age group.

All those numbers, the 1,600 deaths, are assuming we are now counting fatalities correctly. No more co-morbidity numbers, mucking things up. Also, numbers can become skewed easily. For example, there is a big spike in Sherburne County. All over the county? Nope - maybe just the reformatory in St. Cloud. The same holds true for counties with meat packing plants. High numbers, but mostly centered around the plants.

Interesting - the Surgeon General (Jerome Adams) was interviewed on the radio yesterday. He did not say boo about goggles. However, he did say something interesting (and I hope it is true). If Minnesota would wear masks when inside, stay social distanced from others, and frequently wash our hands - Minnesota could open wide up. Everything.

Yesterday we had a contractor in to discuss some potential kitchen work we are looking at. He was wearing a mask. He reminded us, wearing as mask protects us. Interesting. Masks in our home.

Anyhow, also this week, there was an article in the local paper chiding grandparents from seeing their grandies. In fact, those who did see their grandies were considered "rogue". Dr. Osterholm was interviewed in this article. Osterholm lives locally, is 67 years old, and has five grandies. He has seen them only twice since March. And when he did see them, he stayed at least six feet away from them. When I read that, I thought the good doctor is sure not "rogue" like many of the rest of us - but that is very odd indeed.

Have to cut this short. Need to run to WalMart, with mask on (mandatory), so I can buy some goggles to wear around town. I will need them when I go rouge once again, and we have our grandson over tonight and tomorrow.

And you did not think the weirdness of this year could get any weirder. Stay tuned bucko - lots of twists and turns left on this ride.